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It's on the DVD - it cuts to Chance (who is not killed) and Vukovich, sat in some metal shed in Alaska, or the North Pole or somewhere like that, having been sent there as a punishment, watching their boss on TV taking all the credit for their takedown. It goes completely against the tone of the rest of the film and is straight out of a buddy comedy flick. United Artists, apparently, pressed Friedkin hard to use the happy ending. He filmed it, but fought it all the way and, fortunately, when UA saw it they agreed that it didn't work, so Friedkin won and the original ending was put back.

I still think Vukovich almost literally turning into Chance is a bit shit, but it's a million times better than what could have been.

It's on the DVD - it cuts to Chance (who is not killed) and Vukovich, sat in some metal shed in Alaska, or the North Pole or somewhere like that, having been sent there as a punishment, watching their boss on TV taking all the credit for their takedown. It goes completely against the tone of the rest of the film and is straight out of a buddy comedy flick. United Artists, apparently, pressed Friedkin hard to use the happy ending. He filmed it, but fought it all the way and, fortunately, when UA saw it they agreed that it didn't work, so Friedkin won and the original ending was put back.

I still think Vukovich almost literally turning into Chance is a bit shit, but it's a million times better than what could have been.